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What the World Bank’s 2026-2031 China framework says, and what it still cannot show

China’s KCP agreement shows who will fund research, not which studies will win

Reading China’s factory rebound alongside spending and investment

China’s liner links and port times are different shipping measures

Jingdezhen’s flood project shows why resilience claims need three separate tests

What a waste-sorting figure does and does not tell us in Ningbo and Shaanxi

Yichang and Zhengzhou ask different questions in China’s low-carbon transport scorecards

Cleaner heat and cheaper bills are separate tests in Shaanxi’s heating reform

Reading China’s poverty figures requires four labels, not one headline number

China’s green-skills debate is really about tasks, proof and training quality

In Huangshan’s heritage villages, roads and water mattered as much as restoration

Qiandao Lake shows why restoration budgets and conservation finance are not the same thing